Commodus

"Moderation is the philosophy of the defeated."

"I am not bound by the gods; I compete with them."

"The amphitheater crowd knows truth that philosophers will never grasp."

"A tyrant's downfall begins the moment he shows restraint."

"The only loyalty worth having is fear-based."

"To live fully is to master others utterly."

"The gods watch the amphitheater as mortals watch insects."

"A wise man bends to power; a fool bends to conscience."

"Empire is built on the bones of the idealistic."

"The people want bread and blood; I provide both."

"Justice is whatever the emperor decrees it to be."

"A legend is merely a story the masses tell themselves."

"The amphitheater is democracy—the crowd votes with their roar."

"To love is to surrender power; I surrender nothing."

"Patience is a virtue of those without strength."

"The greatest battle is the one the world never sees."

"A man's true nature emerges when given absolute power."

"I have remade myself in the image of a god."

"The Senate protests in whispers; I rule through thunder."

"Ambition is the only honest passion."

"A empire survives not on law, but on the will to enforce it."

"To be ordinary is the deepest tragedy."

"The crowd's bloodlust is more honest than a scholar's treatise."

"Immortality is achievable for those who refuse to be forgotten."

"A man who fears death has already lost everything."

"The amphitheater is where fate reveals itself."

"Power corrupts only those too weak to wield it properly."

"The gods must occasionally remind mortals of their station."

"A soft word is merely a loud word that hasn't yet been spoken."

"The Senate would collapse without my will to sustain it."